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Communication in Palliative Care

January 13, 2018

Oxford Medicine is publishing a selection of articles to convey the importance of communication in effective palliative care, and encourage an open dialogue on the subject of death and dying, the first, a reading list details the importance of communication in palliative care.

This chapter provides suggestions for clinicians on supporting parents’ open communication with their children, drawing on the authors’ extensive clinical experience of providing parent guidance to patients.

This chapter explores the reappearance within the last 40 years of the definition of a ‘good death’ in medical contexts, and what the clinical implications of using the terminology ‘good death’ may be for practitioners and patients alike.

This chapter focuses on the role of truth-telling in therapeutic relationships and the ways in which effective communication can maintain hopes and deliver information sufficient for informed consent at the same time in palliative care.